Convertible engine and compressor.



J. s. CLARKE. CONVERTIBLE ENGINE AND COMPRESSOR. APPLICATION FILED NOV.Z0, 1911.

1,055,61 I. Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

2 SHEETs--SHEBTI J. S. CLARKE. CONVERTIBLE ENGINE AND COMPRESSOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV,20,1911.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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emi' usefui improvements in Cenvereibe Engines, ami Compressors, efwhich the foievring is e. egeeieation.

'This invenienreiates 'se e eenveribie engine .und compresser, and theobject ef my invention is te prmife n iight and eiieetvi eppeieue im?eempi'essing nii" m a hiuh ieg-ree nf we for sm'ge .in e ank on eneni'omeeiie m' other vehiee or vesee and cranking ie engie 'fnl' staing,and eis@ adapted te bel used in garages ami for sm'li stennm-y exposiveengines emi for meer purpnses, the consl'ueion being simi: as te eeeupyu very smaii Sparte and te compress te various degrees according te 'Fueneeds in any given CaSe, say two hundred up te ve hundredjomids.'

'In he :www )enyilg drawings, Figure a side View of he engine, emi Fig.2 a .enel View of e poi-hm tieiieef. Figi', 3 i View of fixe eompieieengine, is emi elevation' ei the ini-iai ee eymcmsY radiali? dispeseabout a .r shaft and efapef 55o be use as an iir.' or for Cmx'ipiessingair for garages, i asime eers, uu'e beats and the sie., e. motmn im*cranking am weil as fer'ohez uses, the opera .er1 being te giist use theengine for eem@ preeeien imposes and then by e mechanical Change z moeor @they device. The three eeveia cylinders are represem' @i ey C :md he@Tank shaft with which they e'ieraiive'iy connected by S. All Feesevex'ai pistone P. are connected Wihthe. see'leleran.; by feds 'E andall Workin e011- ;glmewn. arrangement bringing said CyL u ie .s ene-fhifthe distance around said;

Shaft from oiier 'and so that the 0peretion will be continuousanduniform. 'ie i'evei'se e this is true when they ere used as motors,zm 'fhe eil' compressed in the e'kei'age tank or receptacle in the firstinsmiee iaecomes the .source f power when the Conversion is made fromeompessor te mem, The sorage. tank is not shown and *die ve'vee i; mietet-t'ne passages which en te and f iem seid tei-nir. Vvheze thede'ppicatien tiled November 2G, i913..

wives use it for power to star e,

fz: either en imei; or im exhaus-liaive #i0 he open aix' by peseege f5aecez'ing te the.

use. Flesh eil' inles 3 are also shown in e cit-cie About fxe mifde ofeach eylinde' :m Where they wili be uncovered when the piston is iuyretired as seen at the iop in Fig. 3. een enter sed'cyiner hzo'ugh bmhthe inlets i? and 3, and when used as e, meier 'they serve fof exheust.

Respeeng *die @am member D, ii: Wiii be ebservedhet i' is siidablymmmteden ee-ei; S and heee @am shaped groeve oi eheime in is :ieee from whichau said, Yaives e emi e are een'miied for power purposes.

Te this end e stem or red is Slieblf; moune ezghwise on ille outside 0feach cyincier and has e heed 5 at one end with" eV side prejeetien 0i'pin 7 Carrying reier i3 running in the cam groove o1' channel4, i? f.,While e the other emi eueha'e e has 21 head 9 with oppositie sidenotches recesses adened 0 receive he mundefi ende of the inwardlyprojecting side aims 1G fixed on the Valve eenreling rede 12 et the endso the cyinders, Fig. L Theee reds run transvereeiy of seid heads outsideand at their opposite ende eem-y emwzirdy Drojeeing arms 14e which'engage in. notches er recesses in' the Stems ll5 of said waives 'u andfu', Fig.

The wives 'U and fo are shown in the aecompauying views as operate fromer by the cam membel: D, so that the engines are Werking as motors, 0?;meier seaside?- ing that they are am operating unit.- Any suitablemechanism for Shifting @am D can be used, the scheme conzempieting ihmthe iever oi' means fm' throwing the emu ini@ and out of connection withthe valves iocaied cenvenieuty to the operator.

It will beebeerved that the valves ave springs 18 inpoekee er Iecesees15)* en the outside of the cymder hea-ds and en? cam ying which opensthem at'

